""Strong" is definitely a word that describes the Apples, and their family bonds are one of their biggest strengths. But Applejack will need to show her vulnerable side to get the most out of this day.

With her friends' help and a few cracks in her armor, Applejack is going to make this Mother's Day the best one yet."

Sorry it took so long, Conicer. The group kind of fizzled out, but we'll still be publishing our stories individually. This one's going up soon. Thank you very much for the beautiful artwork, and you'll credited and linked on FiMFiction and Equestria Daily.

Aye, I was wondering what happed to the group. Thank you kindly for informing me and going ahead with publishing the story so that my work can be put to some use! While I still have the original work file, would you like the attribution to be changed from "Dark Horse" to your name?

I already photoshopped my name on top of the old one, but I wouldn't presume to supersede you if you'd rather be the one to do it.

I'll be submitting this to Equestria Daily within the next couple of weeks, and their queue is long enough that it may be another one or two weeks after that before it passes. But I've already had several pre-readers give it their blessing, so it shouldn't be any longer than that.

Corejo will be putting up Sprinkles soon as well. Derpy's Device was posted some time ago, but it really wasn't ready, so it's only had limited success. I'll make sure the author credited you.

Well, if you like, I can exchange the cover featured here for your modified file. Can't go around misattributing this story to some "Dark Horse" now can we? I've already changed the name just so you decide which you like better. If you have any other revisions at all that you'd like to suggest for this cover, please don't hesitate to ask.